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CME GROUP INC. PAC

IL

Tracked direct giving exceeds tracked direct receipts by

$197,462

Political action committee.

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$1,243,000

View FEC cycle totals

Tracked receipts

$1,045,538

View FEC cycle totals

Connections

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from CME GROUP INC. PAC

$225K
15 transactions across 4 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

CME GROUP INC. PAC directed $135K to DSCC across 9 contributions between March 2015 and March 2024.

Mar 2015 – Mar 2024individual, pac

CME GROUP INC. PAC directed $30K to DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND across 2 contributions between March 2023 and March 2024.

Mar 2023 – Mar 2024pac

CME GROUP INC. PAC directed $30K to NRSC across 2 contributions between March 2023 and February 2024.

Mar 2023 – Feb 2024pac

CME GROUP INC. PAC directed $30K to NRCC across 2 contributions between March 2023 and March 2024.

Mar 2023 – Mar 2024pac
$225K tracked across 4 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where CME GROUP INC. PAC’s money ended up

Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this

$4K
modeled estimate
9 paths across 9 counterparties
$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to Troy Downing
2024 cycle1 path1 hopHigh confidence

smallest single documented leg $2K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$762modeled estimateattributed to MORAN FOR KANSAS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopHigh confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$558modeled estimateattributed to Tim Sheehy
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsHigh confidenceCross-cycle
$558modeled estimateCME GROUP INC. PAC→THE REED COMMITTEE→DSCC→Tim SheehyhighOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$522modeled estimateattributed to Sheldon Whitehouse
2024 cycle1 path1 hopHigh confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$392modeled estimateattributed to Kari Lake
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsHigh confidenceCross-cycle
$392modeled estimateCME GROUP INC. PAC→THE REED COMMITTEE→DSCC→Kari LakehighOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$256modeled estimateattributed to April McClain Delaney
2024 cycle1 path1 hopHigh confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$222modeled estimateattributed to MIKE FLOOD FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopHigh confidence

smallest single documented leg $2K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$173modeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsHigh confidenceCross-cycle
$173modeled estimateCME GROUP INC. PAC→THE REED COMMITTEE→DSCC→Michael J RogershighOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 1 additional chain totaling $129.

$4K attributed (modeled estimate) across 9 paths·Up to 2 hops deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this
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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
NRCC$15,000Mar 25, 20242024
NRSC$15,000Feb 21, 20242024
NRSC$15,000Mar 15, 20232024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$15,000Mar 22, 20232024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$15,000Mar 26, 20242024
NRCC$15,000Mar 22, 20232024
DSCC$15,000Jun 25, 20212022
DSCC$15,000Mar 8, 20222022
DSCC$15,000Mar 26, 20242024
DSCC$15,000Mar 15, 20232024
DSCC$15,000Oct 25, 20182018
DSCC$15,000Nov 19, 20192020
DSCC$15,000Mar 16, 20202020
DSCC$15,000Sep 30, 20162016
DSCC$15,000Mar 12, 20152016
DSCC$15,000Nov 6, 20172018
FAIR SHOT PAC$5,000Mar 30, 20262026
IMPACT$5,000Sep 29, 20252026
IMPACT$5,000Jun 26, 20262026
PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS$5,000Dec 31, 20252026
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC$5,000Dec 18, 20242024
LAHOOD FOR CONGRESS$5,000Mar 25, 20242024
BRAVE PAC$5,000Sep 19, 20232024
MODERATE DEMOCRATS PAC$5,000Mar 25, 20242024
ABRAHAM LINCOLN PAC$5,000Mar 25, 20242024
VELVET HAMMER PAC$5,000Mar 15, 20232024
REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE GROUP/TUESDAY GROUP PAC$5,000Mar 12, 20242024
MANCHIN FOR WEST VIRGINIA$5,000Sep 19, 20232024
ANN WAGNER FOR CONGRESS$5,000Mar 21, 20242024
REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PAC$5,000Mar 23, 20232024
KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESS$5,000Jun 21, 20232024
MODERATE DEMOCRATS PAC$5,000Jun 22, 20232024
NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND$5,000Mar 12, 20242024
HUIZENGA FOR CONGRESS$5,000Mar 21, 20242024
ARKANSAS FOR LEADERSHIP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARKPAC)$5,000Mar 21, 20242024
LAHOOD FOR CONGRESS$5,000Mar 28, 20232024
WONDER WOMEN PAC$5,000Jun 27, 20242024
JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS$5,000Sep 19, 20232024
FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSON$5,000Mar 21, 20242024
EMMER FOR CONGRESS$5,000Mar 25, 20242024
ANN PAC$5,000Mar 25, 20242024
NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND$5,000Jun 8, 20232024
CASTEN FOR CONGRESS$5,000Jun 21, 20232024
VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000Jun 22, 20232024
CHC BOLD PAC$5,000Jun 22, 20232024
AMERICA WORKS FEDERAL PAC$5,000Jun 26, 20242024
KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESS$5,000Sep 26, 20242024
DAVID SCOTT FOR CONGRESS$5,000Nov 17, 20232024
CHC BOLD PAC$5,000Mar 12, 20242024
REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PAC$5,000Mar 21, 20242024

Donations Received and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Badged rows are independent expenditures other groups paid to vendors for or against this entity. That money did not reach its committee.

DonorAmountDateCycle
David H. Kellogg$5,000Jun 26, 20242024
Eric Chern$5,000Oct 23, 20232024
Eric H. Chern$5,000Jul 11, 20242024
GENEVA TRADING OPERATIONS$5,000Jun 21, 20232024
GENEVA TRADING USA$5,000Jun 21, 20232024
CTC INVESTMENTS$5,000Oct 23, 20232024
GENEVA TRADING OPERATIONS$5,000Jun 27, 20242024
Terrence Duffy$5,000Jan 17, 20232024
Robert J. Tierney Jr.$5,000Feb 22, 20232024
Amy Tierney$5,000Feb 22, 20232024
Alan G. Rottman$5,000Feb 3, 20232024
Robert E Otter$5,000Sep 7, 20232024
GUINAN JR., JOSEPH M. JR.$5,000Jan 5, 20242024
Bruce F. Johnson$5,000Dec 29, 20232024
Raquel U. Mcnamara$5,000Dec 28, 20232024
John D Newhouse Jr.$5,000Dec 26, 20232024
Robert Schwartz$5,000Dec 20, 20232024
Leo Melamed$5,000Dec 19, 20232024
Timothy Mc Court$5,000Dec 15, 20232024
Steven A. Greenberg$5,000Dec 14, 20232024
DENNIS, MICHAEL$5,000Dec 11, 20232024
Patrick J. Lahey$5,000Oct 4, 20232024
CONSOLIDATED TRADING FUTURES$5,000Sep 27, 20232024
Patrick Joseph Mulchrone$5,000Sep 26, 20232024
Elizabeth Anne Cook$5,000Sep 26, 20232024
David M Alcaro$5,000Sep 19, 20232024
GENEVA TRADING USA$5,000Jun 27, 20242024
James H. Groth$5,000Sep 13, 20232024
David G. Hauldren$5,000Sep 13, 20232024
Matthew W Haraburda$5,000Sep 13, 20232024
Lynne Cook Fitzpatrick$5,000Sep 7, 20232024
Benjamin Lichstein$5,000Aug 29, 20242024
Michael A. Mason$5,000Aug 28, 20242024
Agha Mirza$5,000Aug 17, 20232024
Alvin B. Dodek$5,000Aug 15, 20232024
William R. Shepard$5,000Jun 20, 20232024
Kathryn Marie Benesh$5,000Jun 14, 20232024
Carol P. Norton$5,000Jun 13, 20232024
Larry G. Gerdes$5,000Jun 13, 20232024
Bryan Durkin$5,000Jun 9, 20232024
Mark B. Fisher$5,000Jun 6, 20232024
Dennis Suskind$5,000Jun 1, 20232024
James H. Groth$5,000May 24, 20232024
CTC INVESTMENTS$5,000Dec 16, 20242024
Howard J. Siegel$5,000May 15, 20232024
James H. Groth$5,000Jul 1, 20232024
Robert Lee Hebel Jr.$5,000Jul 20, 20232024
Jack Schulte$5,000Jul 31, 20232024
Mitchell A. Kingan$5,000Aug 1, 20232024
Michael A. Mason$5,000Jul 24, 20232024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Advocated forAUKUS Implementation LegislationCME GROUP INC. PAC supported candidates who engaged with this policy outcomeSource
Received donation fromBrian K. FitzpatrickDonated $10,000 to CME GROUP INC. PACSource
Received donation fromNellie PouDonated $600 to CME GROUP INC. PACSource
Funder ofABRAHAM LINCOLN PACCME GROUP INC. PAC donated $7,500 to ABRAHAM LINCOLN PAC (QPQ tracked total)Editorial
Funder ofAMERICA WORKS FEDERAL PACCME GROUP INC. PAC donated $10,000 to AMERICA WORKS FEDERAL PAC (QPQ tracked total)Editorial
Funder ofANN PACCME GROUP INC. PAC donated $10,000 to ANN PAC (QPQ tracked total)Editorial
Funder ofBRAVE PACCME GROUP INC. PAC donated $10,000 to BRAVE PAC (QPQ tracked total)Editorial
Funder ofBUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE (BLAINE PAC)CME GROUP INC. PAC donated $7,500 to BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE (BLAINE PAC) (QPQ tracked total)Editorial
Funder ofBUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACCME GROUP INC. PAC donated $15,000 to BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PAC (QPQ tracked total)Editorial
Received donation fromRick ScottDonated $520 to CME GROUP INC. PACSource
Received donation fromDan NewhouseDonated $10,000 to CME GROUP INC. PACSource